Bill > HR6771

This bill, the Housing Crisis Response Act of 2025, appropriates significant funds for fiscal year 2026 to address housing affordability, production, and community development. * **Public Housing Investments:** $10,000,000,000 for the Capital Fund, $53,000,000,000 for repairs, replacement, or construction of public housing properties, and $1,200,000,000 for competitive grants for public and assisted housing transformation and neighborhood revitalization. These funds are from the General Fund and remain available until September 30, 2033, or September 30, 2028, depending on the specific appropriation. * **Affordable and Accessible Housing Production:** $9,925,000,000 and $14,925,000,000 for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, funded from the General Fund and available until September 30, 2028. * **Housing Investment Fund:** $740,000,000 from the General Fund to establish a fund for grants to increase investment in affordable housing development, preservation, and financing, available until September 30, 2028. * **Supportive Housing:** $450,000,000 for supportive housing for people with disabilities and $450,000,000 for supportive housing for the elderly, both funded from the General Fund and available until September 30, 2033. * **Energy and Climate Resilience:** $1,770,000,000 from the General Fund for direct loans and grants to improve the energy or water efficiency, indoor air quality, sustainability, and climate resilience of multifamily properties, available until September 30, 2030. * **Distressed Multifamily Property Revitalization:** $1,550,000,000 from the General Fund for forgivable direct loans to owners of distressed multifamily properties for necessary physical improvements, available until September 30, 2031. * **Rural Rental Housing:** $1,800,000,000 from the General Fund for loans and grants for rural rental housing construction, improvements, and preservation, available until September 30, 2031. * **Housing Vouchers:** Over $23 billion from the General Fund is allocated for incremental tenant-based rental assistance for various vulnerable populations, renewals, and administrative fees, available until September 30, 2031, or September 30, 2033. * **Project-Based Rental Assistance:** $880,000,000 from the General Fund for the project-based rental assistance program, available until September 30, 2033. * **Native American Communities:** $277,500,000 for formula grants and $277,500,000 for competitive grants for affordable housing activities in Native American communities, along with $200,000,000 for other housing and infrastructure projects, all funded from the General Fund and available until September 30, 2033. * **Community Development Block Grants:** $1,735,000,000, $700,000,000, and $500,000,000 from the General Fund for various Community Development Block Grant activities, including those for colonias and manufactured housing communities, available until September 30, 2033. * **Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control:** $3,425,000,000, $250,000,000, and $1,000,000,000 from the General Fund for grants to address lead-based paint and other housing-related health and safety hazards in lower-income housing, available until September 30, 2033. * **Community Restoration and Revitalization Fund:** $2,000,000,000, $500,000,000, and $400,000,000 from the General Fund for grants and technical assistance for community-led projects focused on equitable civic infrastructure and affordable housing, including community land trusts and shared equity homeownership, available until September 30, 2033. * **Fair Housing Activities:** $540,000,000 from the General Fund for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program to expand the capacity of fair housing organizations, available until September 30, 2028. * **First-Generation Downpayment Assistance:** $6,825,000,000 and $2,275,000,000 from the General Fund for downpayment assistance and grants to promote first-generation homeownership, available until September 30, 2028. * **Home Loan Program:** $4,000,000,000 for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and $150,000,000 for the Secretary of Agriculture for guaranteed or insured loans, funded from the General Fund and available until September 30, 2033. * **Rural Homeownership:** $90,000,000 from the General Fund for single-family housing repair grants in rural areas, available until expended. * **HUD Administration and Capacity Building:** Over $1 billion from the General Fund is allocated for program administration, training, technical assistance, and oversight across various HUD programs, available until September 30, 2033.